The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

bllop Edwin Holt F......U,. 0.,. Gnat F.... Drift March 18 . ' A new chapter is soon to 'be written in Wihnette Church annals when the \Vilmette Parish Methodist Episcopal church supplants its present inadequate edifice at Lake avenue and Eleventh a magstreet with · n i f i c e n t $400,000 gothic structure that w i II constitute i n beauty of design and completeness of facilities, one of the outstanding religious Dr. Q. centers in Greater Chicago. A f u n d campaign begins ·Sunday, March 18, when Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Chicago Area, Methodist Episcoqal church, will formally open the drive at the morning services. The new chapter will tell of the building of a new Parish Methodist Episcopal church which is to cost $400,000. The big drive· for funds is to be started Monday. That one sentence is sufficient, but there is much more to be written. · Ezperieace Great Denlopaaeat \Vit):l the steady growth in numbers and attendant broadening of the scope of activity in the parish, with particular reference to comprehensive educational programs and additional religious and social activities, experienced in the past decade, leaders in the parish long since have appreciated the need for a commensurate de'velopmen't of the physical properties of the parish to meet the present situation as welJ as taking into account the continued extension of the great work of the church. "We find our church inadequate, because we have grown so rapidly" sa\·5 Dr. Horace G. Smith, who ha~ been pastor for less than two years. "Nearly every Sunday the auditorium has filled ~aking it necessary for many to sit m the chapel room. Both visitors and regular attendants, consequently, havt been placed at great inconvenience ir finding seats. It is known that some stay away from service because of the difficulty in obtaining seats and, of co~rs~, w~ cannot passively permit th1s sttuatton to continue, so that explains why we are going to build a new church auditorium that will amply :hi;mmodate all who desire to wor- H.,._ to := Dr. CJeM · p ...:k,¥..s··· of ·tW U~ of Wil-eia, ia WilA public caucus of the United aaette M.cla II People's Party, established under The speaker Sunday evening, March the designation of "People's Party" 18, at the Wilmette · Sunday Evening .in the Village election campaign of club will be Dr. G . leon Frank, presl·dent 1?27, is announced for Mondaf evenang, :March l9, to be held m the of the Uni· Council chambers of the J/illage versity of hall, begnning at 8 o'clock. Wisconsin. Nominations of candidates for the Dr. Frank following Village offices to be voted spoke last upon at the annual Village election season and Tuesday, April 17, will be in order the season at the caucus: . before a t Three Village Trustees the Sundav One Village Treasurer E ve n i ng One . Village Clerk club. Hois addresses have been Ur·l T considered " · ~ among the best in the . y efl S history or thDr.c}~:~k One of the most gratifying features Dr. G.... Fl'allk was fonn· of the 1927 tax extensions, as far as erly editor of the Century Magazine, Wilmette tax-payers are concerned, and is at present a contributor to a is the fact that the rate on which the "l'--- 1 d · chain of metropolitan newspapers. He V1 -se evy was ma e 1s a decrease 00 the one was on the lecture platform for a of 16 dollar number of years. He was also associ· ~luatlon, as compared wtth the valuated for some time with Edward A. atlon of a yeat ago. Filene, the great Boston merchant, in The levy is made this year on a research and organization work. full valuation of real estate, in which Dr. Frank was a member of a group a material increase is shown, amountheaded by Ex-President William How- ing to $1407694 h" h d h f f ' ' w ~c ' an er t e ·hd f d ard T a ft wh1ct ra te a covenant or onner plan of levytng o~ the fifty the League of Nations, considered by percent or assessed valuation, would the to $703,847. 1919 Peace Conference at Paris, 1918- amount Th · e rate a year ago, on the fifty He is the author of "The Politics percent or assessed valuation basis, of Industry," "An American Looks at was 2.14 for village purposes, as comHis WorJd," and various studies· in par~d to the present total valuation the Century Ma~azine. He was co- bas1s of 0.99, doubled, or 1.98 percent. author of "The Stakes in the War," '!he Ledaguhe , opf N~tio!!s-The Prin- HEAR SOCIAL SERVICE LEADER c·p1e an t e ractlce, published in Rev. Vincent G. Burns, associate sec1919. retary of the Social Service committee of the Congregational denomination wi11 pre=tch at the 11 o'clock service; Voten' League Invites at the First Congregational church. United People'a Paav Calla to Pahlic Ullletl· ·· Leaders in the village haft ~ together ~ a Spealan' bulreat~ which, in the . next few weeks, spread the JOSpel of the Comm~ ·.(:best to the many dnltrd~ civic and social groups in the village. . Under the general supervis.._ of . Donald 11. Callie. Wilmette's known platform orator ib matters _.. ..... taininc to community )'lelfare and en . terprise, this group of ootables . is be· coming thoroughly . conftnant · every phase ~f the Community Chesf '-===============! melle ax Levy Lower b 16 t Than Rate for 1926 =~~~::'~-=~:at cam-. c ~ents h~ndred Chillme Spaaldw· C. rrip ~ Speakers and the groupa to whom are to convey the ~itJ messase have been ~ as fol lows: . . · ~ 0~~:~ g~= to Candidates' Meeting A Non-Partisan Candidates' meeting, sponsored by the Wilmette League of Women Voters, is to be held at the First Congregational church Friday, March 23, at 8 o'clock. All residents of the vilJage are urgently requested to attend this meeting at which candidates for important offices to be voted upon in the state and county Primaries April 10 are to be the speakers. .----------------. CaD at Voten' Homea to Secure Vote Rqiater Permita More Varied Pro...am "There are several factors too w~ich in~icate that our congr~gatio~ wdl contmue to grow. The erection of a .new edifice. of suitable type will certamly draw a larger number of worshipers and also it will provide an atmosphere a community like Wilmette . d emaqd s. AIsot h1s growth in the congregation is sure to be accelerated as t~e church widens its range of activit1es. A new church will not only st~engthen the present program but wslll,!!ake possible a more varied one." The first steps, difficult ones, already have been taken to bring about (Continued on Page S9) A complete register of Wilmette voters residing west of the Chicago and North Western right-ofway, is now in progress under tht~ diligent supervision of John Peters. This includes all voters in Precincts 20, 21 and 22 and in all the territory west of Ridge avenue. The canvass will continue for a period of about two weeks. This register, made by a corps of men in a house-to-house canvass, is revised every two yean. The plan to date has been confined to the section west of the tracks, the east portion of the village never having been so canvassed. type paper ink & ideas In our printing plant we believe the fourth item is just as essential as the other three. Wilmette 11asonic Lodge ·Henry Fow I. 0 . .0. F .·· : . ······ Charles Optimist club .·.Rev. George P. Map Order of Eastern Star ' · . · ·· · · · · · ·. Mn. Samuel P. Watki Rotary club · ······· .··· Earl E. Orne Sunday Evening club · . R. E. Pattiaoo Kline w·tmett· · · · · · ·ea· ·tho···~~ Woman's club · 1 e . , ...·····...· Mrs. Frank J. Oelenc Wilmette Civic Luncheon club R. H Durhaaa w·~ti~. W~~;~ ·~1~ · 1 Mrs Hayes McKinne1 St. j~~h'~ "d;~~h R~v. J. A. ·Neumama St. Fr-.dlCis Xavier church · ·.·.....·.....·. Rev. Bernard Brady Presbyterian church ....·.·..··· Rev. George P. MagiD· Methodist church ·.·· Harry C. Kinne German Lutheran church . ......... Rev. Herman W. Meyer English Lutheran church ................ Hans vonReinsper' St. Augustine's Episcopal church .....·.............. Robert Stoddard First Congregational church .............. Dr. Donald M. Gallie Baptist church .... George B. Williamt · Pedecl C...paip Uaita A meeting of the various captatn who are to direct the April 1 fun drive in their respective districts bel a meeting Monday evening of this week at which the information devel· oped that . in most instances these ~ vision leaders have perfected thelf organizations and already are engage in drilling their workers in the mat:ter of energetic effort on the day dl the intensive house-to-house .canvas$. Thursday evening, March 29, wiD find the complete campaign organiza· tion gathered together at a dinner in the Woman's club building. It wiU be a gala event. . T·here are to be movi~ depicting the various beneficiaries ol the Community Chest, members of th Junior branch of the Infant Welfa society will serve clad as Red Cross nurses, Salvation Army lassies. or prb representative of other cha~ or welfare enterprises, and C. YUee McDonald, campaign chairman, present his "pep talk" designed t attune every worker to the importa task at hand. . ,